Jude’s Mood

So begins Vanessa Baldwin’s stories about a charming little boy named Jude, who is often high-spirited and full of energy and whose resiliency supports his attempts in managing his emotions when faced with difficult moments. Like most young children, routines and schedules can become challenging as kids may not always be able to handle the big emotions that can come with transitions.

Jude’s Mood is a wonderful story about the temperament of children and the challenges of autonomy as they develop both socially and emotionally. Young children can be very temperamental as we will see throughout the storyline, when Jude wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, in a bad mood for no particular reason at all. Follow Jude and his Mood to learn how using self-talk and labeling emotions can help even the youngest of children turn their day around.